comScore thinks Facebook advertising works and going to publish a white paper and its findings next week. comScore writes on its site: "comScore is preparing to publish new findings about the effectiveness of paid and earned media exposure on Facebook next week at the ARF Audience Measurement 7.0 conference in New York, along with our release of a new white paper, The Power of Like 2: How … [Read more...]
Google Answers WSJ Guest Editorial & Defends Its Search Algorithms
Google has answered The Wall Street Journal guest editorial written by Nextag CEO Jeffrey Katz in which he said in part: "Google has ballooned into a monopoly, pegging its closest competition -- at least in the search space -- as one that has no hope of competing. " "Google has become a brand killer. If Google pushes a merchant or company to page three of its search results, let alone page … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: If You Applied For The New gTLD .LOL, Would You Ask For A Full Refund?
Well over a month into the delay on the new gTLD's due to issues with the TAS system, ICANN offered a 100% refund for any applicant who pulled or withdrew their application before ICANN publicly revealed all applications and applicants, otherwise known as the "Big Reveal" ICANN said June 13th will be the day of the Big Reveal but as we know last week several applicants came forward on their own … [Read more...]
This Week We Got The Twitter Handle @TheDomains Under An “Brand Impersonation” Claim
About a month ago Abdu from Domainsville.com alerted me that the twitter handle @thedomains was controlled by a third party who was not using it. I was using @berkens as my twitter handle for the blog, but once he said it, it made perfect sense that my Twitter handle for the blog should match the name of the blog so following Abdu instructions and filed a claim with Twitter for Brand … [Read more...]
Revolutionary? Leap Motion Now In Pre-order Promises To Replace Your Keyboard & Mouse
A new product promises to let you replace your mouse and keyboard with your fingers. The product is called Leap Motion and its coming very soon "Leap represents an entirely new way to interact with your computers. " "It’s more accurate than a mouse, as reliable as a keyboard and more sensitive than a touchscreen." "For the first time, you can control a computer in three dimensions with … [Read more...]
Momentous Corp, Owner Of Pool.com Applies For New gTLDs: .Sucks, .Design, .Style, .RIP
Momentous Corp. which owns Pool.com, announced today that it has applied for 4 new gTLD's domain name extensions. “Some people may be surprised by the TLDs we’ve pursued,” says Rob Hall, Chairman and CEO of Momentous. “But we are confident that our applications will help to create real focus and energy for specific industries, communities and consumers online. That’s what we are after.”The four … [Read more...]
New Zealand May Allow Domain Registrations Ending In Just .NZ
In a press release tonight The Domain Name Commission Limited (DNCL) of New Zealand is says they are considering making domain registrations available ending in just .NZ "At present the existing .nz structure consists of a set of 14 approved ‘second’ level domains, under which all names must be registered." "The DNCL is proposing to extend registrations directly to the second-level" "A … [Read more...]